JP043 Soprano Saxophone Bb in various finishes

The JP043 Bb Soprano Saxophone gives absolutely stunning performance for the price. Its able to achieve High F#, high G and comes with two crooks. The JP043 has excellent tuning characteristics and is supplied with a JP mouthpiece and lightweight case. Professional players have purchased this saxophone also for their own use.
This is a remarkable specification for the price. Soprano saxophones with two crooks, high F#, high G and an accurate tuning scale are usually restricted to professional models. The performance level is attested by the fact that several top players have purchased this instrument for professional use and have also recommended them for use by music students doing degrees in major music colleges.
Although capable of a very high standard of play, these instruments are priced to be attractive in the starter player market. The mouthpiece that is supplied is fine to get a novice started, but an upgrade mouthpiece will allow the instrument to reach it's full potential. The Yamaha range of mouthpieces are a cost effective option and will offer a good improvement. A mid range or professional mouthpiece will lift the performance to the highest levels.
The JP043 is supplied with everything that is needed to get a new player started including two crooks (straight and curved). The instrument is supplied with a JP Mouthpiece, lightweight case and starter accessory pack including mouthpiece cap, ligature and JP reed. The case is well designed to be robust yet lightweight and provide as much protection to your instrument as possible. It is equipped with backpack straps and a comfortable shoulder strap as standard and also includes a small storage pocket accessible from the outside suitable for storing small accessories and sheet music.
Manufactured to a high quality standard as is expected with all JP Instruments, The JP043 Bb Soprano Saxophone is guaranteed for 12 months against faulty manufacturing or materials and is fully tested prior to sale.
Specifications

Curved and straight crook on JP043 - Choice of comfortable playing positions

For further details please call the shop on 01823 282386 (option 1) or email Andy, our saxophone specialist at andy@johnpacker.co.uk.
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JP043 Rose Brass finish

I am writing to say how delighted I am with this Soprano, the construction and intonation is brilliant. Coupled with my Selmer S80 G mouthpiece I can play the whole range of the instrument with ease, and the top G is very smooth in tone. Having the two crooks is an advantage too, the bent crook stops me from thinking I am on clarinet. I am so pleased with the quality of this saxophone I have just placed an order for a tenor, same finish. Regards M.Pearce Alicante

John Whelan - ex Jack Parnell, Ted Heath, Bob Sharples band
"I received the new Soprano a few days ago.....I can't believe how good it is, not only to play but the quality of workmanship and the standard to which it is built is incredible!. We always expect to struggle with intonation a little with the best of Sops, but you just blow this and everything is there. It is without doubt the best Sop I have ever blown. I will be recommending it to all of my colleagues in the profession. I wish these instruments were around years ago. Many thanks for your speedy and efficient service."
John Franchi - session musician for the Royal Variety performance 2007
"Just to corroborate Pete Long's, Jamie Talbots's and John Whelan's comments regarding your sax range. For a start both the tenor and soprano I ordered came within four days. Both of them have a clear, full and even sound with wonderful intonation, and even the mouthpieces that came with them are perfectly acceptable for students. Before I opened the cases I just thought of emailing you to say that, despite having a sling, smashing carry case, shoulder straps and mouthpiece and ligature you slipped up by not including a reed - but - silly me, a reed was on the mouthpiece and an extra in the case! I am using these instruments solely now and everyone is most impressed. I wish I could have had them in the ultra busy days of the 60's to 80's when I was blowing myself out every night with the Eric Winstone band and touring and recording with Sammy Davis, Sarah Vaughn et al. The demanding work of the Sondheim musicals would also have been much easier with the ease of playing that these surprising horns have."
David J. Fantom - freelance professional musician
"I recently purchased the above Soprano Sax from you and am so impressed with it I felt I just had to contact you. I already play tenor and alto saxes in a local swing band and also a saxophone quintet. In order to dep. for our Soprano player when he's absent, I'd been playing with the idea of getting a Soprano of my own but since it wasn't going to be my main instrument, I was reluctant to spend a fortune on getting one. A friend pointed out your website to me and although I would normally be reluctant to buy before I tried an instrument, I decided to take a chance and place an order. Upon receipt I was impressed by the build quality and general feel of the instrument as well as the attractive and practical case. I have to say though that the mouthpiece supplied with it is only just adequate and initially I wasn't too taken with the sound. However, once I replaced it with a Yamaha mouthpiece and a Vandoren reed, it sounded superb and this is the only thing I would say by way of criticism. I played it today at a gig and my fellow players were as impressed with it as I am. This Soprano represents incredible value for money particularly when compared to the entry level sops made by Yamaha and the like. I am hardly of the same stature as John Whelan, who has provided a glowing account of this model on your website, but I am more than happy to add my testimonial to his in order to recommend this instrument to others. Thanks for your prompt service - keep up the good work. I shall certainly recommend you to others."